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Winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Best Director at the 2001 Urbanworld Film Festival, Blue Hill Avenue focuses on the rise of the drug trade in Boston, as seen through the eyes of three childhood fri... read more read more...ends. The time is the late '70s, and Tristan (Allen Payne), Money (Aaron D. Spears), E-Bone (William Johnson), and Simon (Michael Taliferro) are all high-school pals and petty thieves on the mean streets of the city's South Side. Their antics bring them to the attention of Benny (Clarence Williams III), a charismatic drug dealer who takes the four friends under his wing. The most straight-and-narrow of the bunch, Tristan manages to keep his nefarious trade under the radar of his parents. As the years pass, however, the dealers introduce crack to their line of narcotics, and Tristan's sense of guilt over his neighborhood's demise leads to an inevitable betrayal of Benny, followed by a grisly showdown. ~ Michael Hastings, Rovi

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R, 2 hr.

Directed by: Craig Ross Jr.

Release Date: January 1, 2001

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DVD Release Date: December 23, 2003

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  • August 18, 2008
    A truly timeless and beautifully detailed crime saga...performances from performers must be seen and what they went through will be felt to the core of your soul. Possess it...you will remember it forever.
  • May 4, 2011
    this was a good movie ...too bad they didnt get the support and promotion they needed to make it a great movie... it has a little of something in there for everyone...doesnt matter your view...likes or dislikes..... you will find some of both.....hope you enjoy or at least watch
  • December 4, 2007
    I didn't know it was CJ Payne from "Meet the Paynes" Movie was a cheap gangster movie. Payne just doesn't portray a drug dealer to me.
  • November 28, 2007
    this was a great movie from start to finish...tristen's rise to power.....4 youngsters growing up in the hood..building a life long til death friendship
  • September 4, 2007
    This Was a great Movie but was not backed by the right people so it didnt go far But if you didnt see this movie GO NOW!!!
  • July 10, 2007
    Hardest ass gangsta movie any director has put together since Carlito's Way and The Godfather Trilogy

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Kevin Thomas
September 24, 2003
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times

A demanding, intelligent film of considerable complexity and of sufficient seriousness to justify its 128-minute running time. Full Review

Jon Strickland
September 24, 2003
Jon Strickland, L.A. Weekly

The film is naive in its glorification of violence and vengeance. Full Review

Robert Koehler
October 18, 2008
Robert Koehler, Variety

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September 25, 2003
Hollywood Reporter

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